These Arms Are Snakes: proactively unprecedented
Ahead of their co-headline tour of the UK with Pelican, DiS meets Seattle rockers These Arms Are Snakes for an update on fortunes following the release of their second LP, Easter...»
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DiScover: Eugene McGuinness
Eugene McGuinness is a young man from Liverpool. Until recently we knew nothing of his work, of his catchy, intelligent songwriting. Then came an alarm, a siren’s call from a close musical friend. “He is right good,” weren’t our man’s exact words, but paraphrasing-wise they’ll suffice.
Catch Eugene at our next DiScover Club, on April 14 - click here for details
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Next week: two free DiS shows in London
DiS has not one but two free shows up its flappy sleeves for y'all next week...»
ATP update: weekend one line-up and venue details
The powers that be at ATP have revealed the running order - well, the daily line-ups - for the first of two weekenders forthcoming at Butlins in Minehead...»
DiScover: Prego
Prego call London home, and it’s where they can usually be found – in pubs, on stages, writing songs; exhibiting the standard band eyeing a breakthrough sort of behaviour. The difference here, though, is that the quintet is a genuinely likely-to-make-it proposition
Prego play the April DiScover Club, on the 14th - click here for details
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Arctic Monkeys: "English radio is terrible"
Ahead of the release of their new single 'Brianstorm' - out April 16 and available to download now - Arctic Monkeys have told popular red-top rag The Sun that domestic radio is pretty rubbish...»
S is for Support: Rolo Tomassi confirm 65days dates
Flippin' awesome Sheffield teens Rolo Tomassi - mmmm, keyboard jazz-punk freak-rock manglings - have announced that they will support the also-excellent (and also from Sheffield) 65daysofstatic at a number of shows next month...»
Demo mountain at Peel's place: bands still sending stuff
Up-and-coming bands are still sending their demos to the home of the late John Peel, reports The Mirror...»
DiS Radio: DiScover five: tours and shows and stuff!
This instalment of our regular DiScover podcast – let’s call it DiS Radio: DiScover five – finds Sean and Mike playing some top-quality tracks from up-and-coming types alongside a handful of ace songs from bands doing DiS things soon. Like tours. And shows. Mainly tours and shows...»
Crawl around Camden: any day you like, with this much booze...
YOU can win tickets - two of them - to this year's Camden Crawl and a crate of scrummy Red Stripe booze. Providing you're over 18, of course. Red Stripe are the official beer sponsors of this year's two-day Crawl, and have very kindly made it possible for DiS to give away this swag...»
Efterklang - Under Giant Trees
This is music with a mechanical heart but the softest skin locking its secrets inside; music that drifts cloud-like through the bluest skies of your mind’s eye, silhouetted migrations and distant windmills blurring at the periphery of vision stained by tears of joy...»
Insomniacs Ballsed: all-nighter cancelled
The upcoming Insomniacs Ball all-nighter, due to be held at London's SeOne club tomorrow night (April 5), has been cancelled...»
Iceland Airwaves confirms first few bands
This year's Iceland Airwaves Festival is taking shape, with a host of bands now confirmed for the annual Reykjavik bash...»
Feist does webisode; DiS has to ask someone what a webisode is...
Leslie Feist, right, she's got a new album out soon. The Reminder is its title, and it's out on April 23 through Polydor. Yes, yes it is...»
White Stripes reveal Icky Thump tracklisting
The White Stripes have revealed the tracklisting to their forthcoming Icky Thump LP...»
Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
“Thou shalt not stop liking a band just because they have become popular,” instructs Pip early on – on form like this, it’s unlikely he and Le Sac are going to lose a significant percentage of their fanbase anytime soon...»
Free show announcement: Holy Roar vs DiS
Forgive us for being excited a little too early, but check this out...»
A little bit of Zzzz for the MC: Sov cancels shows
Wee rapping lady Lady Sovereign has cancelled two upcoming UK dates due to being tired...»
Glastonbury line-up leaks
Festival-centric website FestivalNews.co.uk has reported the leaked line-up for this summer's Glastonbury Festival...»
A Month In Records: March 2007
Every year is made up of twelve months. This, any modern Roman Calendar will tell you. What said flap of paper full of boxes and reminders to call mum and book a visit to the dentist will also tell you is that every month is made up of four or five Mondays. And some other days, too, but mainly Mondays. They’re all that matter, really, as it is on Mondays that our record stores are full to bursting with new releases...»
Maximo Park at London 100 Club, Mon 02 Apr
While Maximo Park have progressed admirably from tiny clubs to arena stages, their roots are clearly dear to them – they play tonight as if they’re headlining Wembley, and their enthusiasm to maintain a level of excitement throughout is entirely reciprocated...»
The Po Po - The Po Po
“Choose your side, no compromise,” they instruct at the album’s close: against all initial odds, we’re picking The Po Po’s...»
I Fly Spitfires update: Catweasels, Komakino, Die! Die! Die! and more for DiS-associated club
I Fly Spitfires are a really rather nice group of gig-organising people putting on lovely, lovely shows with the full support of DiS - look at their MySpace page, why don't you - in the fair cit of Edinburgh...»
Pump it up: Bilge trio tour through April PLUS Gringo birthday details
Mightily awesome Leeds trio Bilge Pump hit t'road later this month, alongside recent split-seven-inch partners Pifco, for what can only be described as a tour...»
Björk's Volta: new artwork revealed, plus tracklisting
So, it turns out that what we thought was the artwork for the forthcoming Björk LP, Volta, as pictured here, isn't the artwork after all. That is, right there. Just there. Yup...»
Tiny Masters play teeny 'tour': kids what rock come to London
Brooklyn kiddie dance-pop grungers Tiny Masters Of Today are in London from tonight...»
Truck tickets: on sale next week (but register now!)
Tickets for this year's Truck Festival, now in its tenth year, are on sale from next week...»
A Hawk And A Hacksaw to release special tour EP
Leaf will release a collaborative EP by A Hawk And A Hacksaw and The Hun Hangar Ensemble next month, coinciding with the acts' tour of these here lands...»
Sparklehorse: post-ATP European dates announced
Sparklehorse are/is (delete as you feel necessary) to tour Europe following his/their (yup) appearance at May's ATP Vs The Fans weekender at Minehead Butlins...»
Devo do dates
Devo have announced a few dates for the summer...»